Show 19 SIV ak fa I 1 newa SUCKLING PIGS NEED CAFETERIA provide self feeders for litter quite early little pigs need a lot or of teed feed to to make hogs of thease aln ives says john 11 I 1 willman of the new york state college of agriculture in recommending seli belt feeders for pigs after they ire are about three weeks old if the sow Is self fed the pigs alga may eat grain when they wish f there Is no self feeder for the sow then a creep should be provided so the pigs may eat any time he advises nearly all the sows bows with suckling pigs have been self fed at the college farm at cornell for the past two years it has proved more satisfactory thrill than the hand feeding method especially especial y with litters of six or more pigs the same grain mixture fed the sow Is used for tho thi pigs the mixture has 05 03 pounds of yellow hominy 20 pounds pound of wheat 5 pounds of fish meal 3 pounds of linseed meal and 7 pounds of chopped chapped alfalfa tiny hay corn meal or ground barley may be substituted for the homan hominy and may be used in place of the fish meal the chopped alfalfa may be left out when the sows bows and litters are on pasture pigs that have been properly fed an and 1 I handled during the suckling ing period are the most economical fic feeders ders lie he says and in ad dialon dit lon the piss pigs that lieve grain during the suckling period are larger at weaning time and have less setback when weaned in ill siddi titon to good feed and plenty of it pigs should be free front from worms and kept in clean dry pens pens should be scrubbed with water and lye iye and then infected disinfected dis before furrowing farrowing far rowing time ond and the sows bows sides scrubbed with a still stiff brush and snap nind and water before farrowing furrowing far rowing to eliminate possible infection from worms pigs should be hauled to pasture that hn has not been used by hogs hogi for at least two years stud and kept there for three or four months |